Investors Grow Confident as Hedging Falls; July Retail Sales Show Weakness

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Joe Mazzola: hedging at lows signals investor confidence despite July retail sales dip; Cooper Howard warns fixed-income faces a ‘hall of mirrors’ as the Fed balances inflation and jobs.

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